and whether you believe Cummings or not, he said he didn’t want to tell everyone his whereabouts because he knew this would happen.
does hounding his parents and getting a picture of a farm add anything to the story?
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and whether you believe Cummings or not, he said he didn’t want to tell everyone his whereabouts because he knew this would happen.
does hounding his parents and getting a picture of a farm add anything to the story?
Teflon Dom 
I despite Cummings and his whole BS story but hounding his parents is plain wrong, the media should not be there. It is not their responsbility to answer for him.
I'd barely call it logic, it's just instinctive bollocks to defend their team like Pool fans defending Suarez.
Of course it's worse because politics is more than football but i doubt they treat it any differently. You only have to look at those who were spouting bollocks in the GE threads who suddenly turn up predictably to debate this issue with nonsense. I'm not sure if they believe their own bollocks, feel bad for them if so.
They should be there if his parents are lying for him.
The press have literally hounded every single celebrity for decades. They drove Diana to her death. OBVIOUSLY this isn’t right and needs to be sorted, but why is this an issue now and not an issue that people have cared about for years? Why does Cummings get to suddenly shift the narrative?
feck em. They're complicit in all this.
its a re-moaner conspiracy because cummings beat them at brexit - or at least that is how that one will be spun... probably needs some higher profile resignations - and possibly some hard core brexiteers to actually undermine cummings I think
There are an incredible number of sockpuppet accounts retweeting each others pro cummings statements today on twitter. They all have name and number profile names - have union jack logos and have around 1400 followers despite having only started tweeting in May. There is usually one bland tweet followed by a string of Move on - blame the media - this is boring tweets.
They use both the anti cummings / bojo hashtags and the pro ones. We are getting industrial scale gaslighting with russian bot factory backing here!
What are the press complicit in?
Good thing for Cummings that they stopped contact tracing in March. If he had the virus and travelled unlawfully to Durham then one could argue that he was infecting people... And could be charged for some rather unpleasant effects, like people dying due to having been directly/indirectly in contact with him.
Steve Baker probably the most high profile one so far but seems like he's never liked Cummings in the first place.
And that will never happen.
The triumphalist tone of this piece is ill-thought out at best. Trevor Kavanagh has a rare ability to be on the wrong side of every argument.
TREVOR KAVANAGH Dominic Cummings has emerged triumphant — leaving his political enemies & media critics floundering
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11706630/dominic-cummings-triumphant-critics-floundering/
TREVOR KAVANAGH Dominic Cummings has emerged triumphant — leaving his political enemies & media critics floundering
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11706630/dominic-cummings-triumphant-critics-floundering/
I knew he'd be an old white guy before I Googled his name.
douglas ross is a grade-A wanker, nothing he does should be applauded.
These lads are fecking laughing at you British Mugs.
These are the poeple in charge of your country and they are fecking laughing at you, and the public are just taking it.
That shit head did absolutley the wrong thing. 1000%.
If he just apologised it would blow over in a week.
These are the poeple in charge of your country and they are fecking laughing at you, and the public are just taking it.
That shit head did absolutley the wrong thing. 1000%.
If he just apologised it would blow over in a week.
Yes, and what a self-evidently spectacular victory it has been - just look at all the people cheering him.
Seemed like he realized in the middle of his lie how fecking ridiculous it sounded
ITV:
'Understand that opposition leaders agreed on their call this morning that Dominic Cummings' behaviour is a "matter of public health".
They will continue their discussions today and discuss next steps, which may be a joint public statement or letter to the PM.'
'Understand that opposition leaders agreed on their call this morning that Dominic Cummings' behaviour is a "matter of public health".
They will continue their discussions today and discuss next steps, which may be a joint public statement or letter to the PM.'
Yeah I think you’re right judging by what I’ve seen on Facebook during this pandemic.
Seemed like he realized in the middle of his lie how fecking ridiculous it sounded
Thats never stopped him before
The Tory party in their current administration have basically turned into a cult much like the MAGA trump crowd
society has dumbed down many levels
society has dumbed down many levels
Suspect Starmer will use all his questions at PMQ's to pull holes in the cummings version of events and demand he should go
In truth though I cant help but think that an argument over cummings is preferable to the Government that real analysis of the UK death rates from CV19 in comparison to the rest of the world
It may actually be better strategically for the opposition for Cummings to remain in place given how unpopular he is
Mind boggling how he didn't offer a full apology and resign. Surely this has done catastrophic damage to them in the polls? They have blatantly lied multiple times and have the cheek to collectively state Cummings did nothing wrong.
I'm talking about his parents. It's pretty obvious this 'health scare' is patent bollocks. He went for a party on his mum's birthday. Every single one of them knew and know what he's doing, and they've all without fail, tried to obfusciate the issue with numerous excuses. From his medical emergency, his having Covid, and then not having Covid, then to his mum's excuse of his uncle dying (which happened days earlier... and in London).
Like I said, feck em.
Of course it hasn't, people are tribal and thick.
I don't think they really care given the majority, the next election won't be for another four years by which point what happened will have been forgotten about.
'Boris Johnson’s approval rating -1%. It was at +19% four days ago.
Overall government approval is now at -2%, dropping 16 points in a day.'
(savantagroup)
I don't think a sample reflects the reality, unfortunately.
Good point. The opposition certainly shouldn't forget about it, it should be something they raise in the next election. These guys quite clearly don't give a shit.
Hey, come on - my nan spent ages asking me those questions.